Trump Foe John Bolton Gives Thumbs Up to President's Naval Blockade of Strait of Hormuz [View all]

Source: MEDIAite

Apr 12th, 2026, 5:16 pm


Former Trump National Security Adviser-turned-MAGA-critic John Bolton offered President Donald Trump a bit of praise on Sunday for his newly-imposed naval blockade on ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz.

“A blockade makes sense, you don’t have to attack Kharg Island.

I don’t think that was ever realistic,” Bolton said during an appearance on Bloomberg News. “The point is, if no Gulf oil gets out, no Iranian oil gets out. Let’s see how they feel about that in Tehran.”

Bolton shared his take a few hours after the president announced the blockade on Truth Social.

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